[Wolves] G-Mail

[Tim Humpherson]

Guys, guys, all those advice, tips and opinions are all perfectly true.

By personal data, I meant things like birthdays, name of dog (password
seeking hackers can try those for starters!).

What I would suggest is to use e-mail for discussions like this one,
or any mundane fun stuff.

If you really want serious e-mail, the only option you can try is the
best encryption, ie. PGP, but then again, the best security you would
have is to face to face with the person in the middle of the field
with no one around, at midnight!  (That's taking too far, probably,
but that's sometimes can happen with spooks in MI5!

Cheers



On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:06:02 +0000 (GMT), fizzy <fizzyorguk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  --- Tim Humpherson <tim.humpherson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Yes, but you should NEVER use the GMail for any
> > sensitive e-mails,
> > such as e-commerce, personal details, and above all,
> > NEVER use GMail
> > to send your bank details, account numbers or PIN
> > numbers or anything
> > like that that could be of use to an identity thief!
> >
> > Use your own ISP's e-mail for normal personal
> > e-mail, but NEVER use
> > bank details, and the like over that one too.
> >
> > If in doubt, always e-commerce over SECURE https://
> > websites whose
> > certificates are valid and authentic.
> 
> Erm, gmail uses https, pop (isp supplied) is clear
> text, what you're saying doesn't make sense.
> 
> > Tim
> fizz
> 
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